Preservation Society director James Hall to leave post_BINARY_1058123

The Providence Preservation Society's executive director, James Brayton Hall, is moving on. On Thursday, Hall announced that he was leaving the organization to become deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla

The Providence Preservation Society's executive director, James Brayton Hall, is moving on. On Thursday, Hall announced that he was leaving the organization to become deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla.

"It's not something that I was intending to do," Hall said. "I really thought I'd be here for a long time. But as I've been telling people, there are some times in you're life where something unexpected comes along and you just go with it."

Before joining PPS in 2010, Hall was assistant director of the RISD Museum. He will remain with the society through mid-March.